Design

British Design & Art Direction (D&AD)
Professional body for British design, includes link to Design Week magazine.
British Design Initiative
Design & Applied Arts Index
Excellent index of journal articles
Design Council
Directory of UK Design Consultants
Lookupdesign.com
Design directory from Janvier Publishing listing services in the creative, media and related fields. Quick searches are free, but further information has to be paid for on-line.
Millennium Products
Examples of new British design with facility for searching by category, product and business.
MoCo Loco (Modern contemporary design & architecture) : MoCo Loco is a web magazine featuring modern contemporary design news and views.
Yahoo: Arts: Design Arts
Large collection of categories, including architecture, interior design, graphic design, industrial design and furniture.

British Furniture Manufacturers [BFM]
Aims "to promote the British Furniture Industry nationally & internationally and to encourage the use of best practice and co-operation between companies & their customers."
Large collection of resources relating to the industry, design and history of furniture. Good links to contemporary and historical furniture designers including Bruer, Rietveld, etc.
Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers
Official site of the livery company, includes information about student bursaries and awards.

Officina Alessi: Includes information on new products (including press releases). Also links to mini-websites of leading designers (past and present) who’ve designed products for Alessi, names such as Aldo Rossi, Achille Castiglioni, Marc Newson, Philippe Starck … This site may be searched by product type or name of designer.

Ron Arad: Interview with the Israeli artist, designer, and architect, a central figure in contemporary design. Features recent designs, and useful links to websites for manufacturers whose collections include his design work.

Bang & Olufsen: Registration is required to access detailed company history and take a virtual tour through their design and manufacturing departments. But company press releases for recent years, product details and images may be viewed without the need to register.

Luigi Colani: Examples of his design philosophy accompany the futuristic projects of this controversial figure.

Dyson UK: Detailed history of the company and its revolutionary designs for vacuum cleaners and washing machines. Includes film of the television advertising and animated diagrams to explain how these products work.

Industrial Design Society of America

International Council of Societies of Industrial Design [ICSID]

Sony Global: Includes detailed images of products and services as well as their Press Releases from 1996 onwards.

Virtual Design Museum : Provides access to screen versions of a good collection of promotional brochures for leading international industrial designer and design companies

Listed below are just a few commercially available electronic journals. For the full range of electronic journals provided through Birmingham City University Libraries, arranged by title, subject and service provider, see Electronic Journals.